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...displeasure with teams that use Indian nicknames. A number of American Indians play for the Fightin' Whites. Player SolomonLittleOwl says the idea of a Fighting White Wheat beer cracks him up. "I'm glad people recognize the potential of our mascot...

...message is, let's do something that will let people see the other side of what it's like to be a mascot," said SolomonLittleOwl, a member of the team and director of Native American Student Services at the university. The team, made up of...

DENVER (AP) - A basketball team trying to make a statement about racist mascots with its nickname, the "Fightin' Whites," is being flooded with e-mails from Caucasians who think it's funny and others who say it is racially insensitive.